Out of the Shifting Flower Palace, everyone rested for a few days. In the past few days, they have traveled through the mountains www.biquge.info and rivers of the south of the Yangtze River, and they have visited the Seven Star Monks and told him that the Flower Shifting Palace has been burned to ashes. The Seven Star Layman was in tears, and his gratitude to Qin Shuhuai did not need to be detailed.

After a few days, Qin Shuhuai planned to leave for Beijing.

North, there are still too many things for him to deal with. Especially the northern beggar, it is said that there is a great shaman outside the Guan, and the cultivation is unfathomable, with the help of this great shaman, the northern beggar has been eyeing the Jianghe Gang. In addition, the affairs of the Martial Arts Alliance also need to be implemented as soon as possible, so as not to have many dreams at night and accidents.

The boat traveled north and arrived at Changzhou Mansion. Changzhou Mansion is where the Cao Gang's chief helm is located, and Qin Shuhuai remembered that the Cao Gang's bamboo pole had not yet been knocked, so he rushed off the boat to go. The Cao Gang had long known that the Giant Whale Gang had been knocked out by Qin Shuhuai for 2.8 million taels, so they were naturally ready to be slaughtered.

When he arrived at the helm of the Cao Gang, Cheng Wendong, the leader of the Cao Gang, personally went out to greet him, and it was needless to say that he had a banquet to invite Qin Shuhuai. During the banquet, Qin Shuhuai also unceremoniously offered four million taels of martial arts alliance "funds". After listening to this, Cheng Wendong agreed without saying a word. You must know that the Giant Whale Gang was knocked out of 2.8 million taels, and the Cao Gang's income on the canal was more than twice that of the Giant Whale Gang, so their original psychological price was 5 million taels. Qin Shuhuai opened four million taels, which was already extremely face-saving in the eyes of the Cao Gang, so Cheng Wendong naturally agreed without hesitation.

Qin Shuhuai and others stayed at the helm of the Cao Gang for a day, and the next day Cheng Wendong personally sent Qin Shuhuai to the dock, and did not leave until he got on the boat, giving Qin Shuhuai enough face.

The trip to Jiangnan was very fruitful, and it can be said that it far exceeded Qin Shuhuai's expectations.

First of all, the cash and silver tickets he extorted this time, plus all kinds of jewelry and antiques, added up to no less than fifteen million taels of snowflake silver. The first 10 million was handed over to Chongzhen, and the 5 million was all his own, so it can be said that he didn't have to worry about the Jianghe Gang's funds in the next few years.

Secondly, he unexpectedly became the leader of the White Lotus Sect and obtained an intelligence network covering the whole country for free. In addition to the White Lotus Sect, he also brought Hua Shen, a know-it-all, into his command, so he didn't need to worry too much about intelligence issues in the future.

Again, he collected a large amount of evidence of corruption among the Donglin Party members this time, and as long as the time is ripe, he can make these evidence public, launch a fierce public opinion offensive, and completely stink the Donglin Party!

The list goes on and on. For example, Chongzhen is now fighting with the Donglin Party, the Shaolin monk Zhiren has also been found, and if the coastal areas of Zhejiang want to reopen the sea ban, the talents who can act as customs officers have also been found......

In short, the harvest was full, so full that Qin Shuhuai couldn't close his mouth when he thought about it.

After staying on the ship for a day or two, he came to Dongchang Mansion in Shandong.

The ship should dock in Liaocheng, Dongchang Province for half a day to replenish fresh water supplies. The five of them got off the boat, found a wine shop near the dock, and asked for a first-class private room to eat and drink.

On this day, Zhao Quyou looked sullen, and he didn't speak when he was drinking.

Hua Shen couldn't help but say, "Lao Zhao, why are you like a stuffy gourd today?

Zhao Quyou glanced at Hua Shen and said, "Noise." ”

Then he drank to himself.

Only Qin Shuhuai knew what Zhao Quyou was thinking. Among the cities along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Liaocheng is the closest one to Songshan. If Zhao Quyou wants to go back to Shaolin, then he should be under Liaocheng.

It's just that Zhao Quyou hasn't decided whether to go back to Shaolin or not.

This way, Qin Shuhuai always mentions Shaolin intentionally or unintentionally, every time Zhao Quyou has a different color, thinking that he has aroused his idea of returning to Shaolin to see his old people, but for various reasons, he has not been able to make up his mind.

After eating, there was still plenty of time, Qin Shuhuai took advantage of the excuse to support Hua Shen and the others, and sent them to the street to buy some cooked food back to the boat.

In the private room, only him and Zhao Quyou were left.

Qin Shuhuai poured a cup of tea for Zhao Quyou and said, "Monk Zhao, aren't you going to go home and have a look?"

Zhao Quyou knew that Qin Shuhuai had guessed his identity, and smiled bitterly.

"Brother Qin, I want to go back, but I don't know how!"

Qin Shuhuai said lightly, "If Brother Zhao can trust the younger brother, then tell the younger brother what the reason is, maybe the younger brother can give you an idea." ”

He hoped that Zhao Quyou would go back. If Zhao Quyou returns to Shaolin, then he will be equivalent to selling a favor in Shaolin, and if Zhao Quyou becomes a monk in Shaolin again, then he will have another layer of relationship in Shaolin, which will also be beneficial in the future. Of course, if Zhao Quyou is unwilling to go back, he will have nothing to do.

Zhao Quyou drank tea, was silent for a while, and finally said, "The old past is unbearable to look back on! Brother Qin, Brother Qin, I have been holding these things in my heart for ten years, and I have never mentioned them to anyone. If you listen, don't laugh at your brother. ”

"Where did Zhao Ye go, it's too late for Qin to admire Zhao Ye all the way, so why laugh?"

Zhao Quyou knew that Qin Shuhuai had opened his heart to himself, and he had never hidden anything secret from him along the way, so he had already regarded him as a close friend who had forgotten his year, so he slowly told him why he left Shaolin back then.

It turned out that Zhao Quyou and the current Shaolin abbot Zhiyuan, the first Zhikong and Zhiyun of the Dharma Hall were both brothers, the kung fu of these four people, Zhiyuan was the first, Zhao Quyou was the second, and after Zhiyuan became the abbot of Shaolin, Zhao Quyou took over the seat of the first seat of the Dharma Academy. However, Zhao Quyou fell into a gambling addiction on the way down the mountain to deal with a dispute in the rivers and lakes, and since then he has been out of control. He not only lost his private money in gambling, but also lost a few pieces of fertile land in Shaolin that he took care of. He felt shameless and returned to Shaolin again, so he gave Zhiyun a letter of repair, and since then he has been vulgar.

Although he asked someone to return the money to Shaolin a few years later, he still felt that he had no face to face Zhiyuan, so he never stepped into Shaolin again, and Shaolin Temple was looking for him.

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

"I said Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao, oh no, Master Zhiren, you won't go back to Shaolin just for this little thing?"

Zhao Quyou glared at him and said, "Do you know the rules and precepts of Shaolin Temple? As the uncle of the disciples, I committed the great crime of greed and insulted the purity of Buddhism, and this matter must have spread all over Shaolin now, what face do I have to go back to Shaolin?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "Lao Zhao, let me ask you, now that you are still vulgar, should I call you Lao Zhao or Master Zhiren?"

"Naturally, it's Lao Zhao. ”

"Isn't that enough? Master Zhiren has already returned to the vulgar because of his mistakes! You are now Zhao Quyou, the cook of the Drunken Flower Building, why don't you go to Shaolin?"

"This ......" Zhao Quyou was stunned, "No, no." Zhiren is no longer vulgar, but I am the same Zhiren from the past, and it has nothing to do with him if I change my name? ”